Printing-machine.



@J-L S. DUNCAN. PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1911.

1,125,499., Patented Jan.19, 1915.

J4 j/Z 012 llllllllmuunlllllll l JOSEPH S. DUN CAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOISASSIGNOR TO OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PRINTING- MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 19, 1915.

Application filed September 18, 1911. Serial N 0. 649,789.

.To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JosEPH S. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to printing machines and is designedmoreparticularly, but not exclusively, 'for'machines for printing" addressesand the like from printing devices of the character set forth in mycompanion application filed concurrently herewith. These printingdevices are adapted to be stored in accordance with a card index systemand they are run through a printing machine, one at a time, impressionstaken therefrom and, then. returned to the storage receptacle in regularorder, according to the improved methods of handling such devices.

It is the object of the present invention to sustain the form of metaltype in printing devices of this class in a proper manner durtheretoFigure 1 is a side elevation,

in section, showing the bed in operative re ing the printing operationso that the-faces will be substantiallysupported in a single plane inorder to obtain a clear, even and distinct impression therefrom. i

In the accompanying drawings, illustratring my invention, I have shownonly so n1uch of the machine as is necessary to fully understand theinvention and referring partly lation with the printing device for theprinting operation, and Fig. 2 is a fronllxelevation, partly in sectionand partly broken away.

Forthe urpose of illustration, I have chosen one orm in which myinvention may be embodied and which comprises an oscillating bed member3 pivoted at 4: on the frame of the machine and arranged to be forcedupward into engagement with the printing device 6 by a cam 7 which ismounted on a shaft 8 journaled in bearings in the frame 5 and operatedby any suitable means. The bed member 3 is provided with a plurality ofparallel ribs 9 on its upper face t e guides 10 of the printing device.Thesei ilis which constitute the sectional bed may be formed in anysuitable manner on. the bed member and, for example,. they may beinserted in parallel grooves 11 formed in the bed member as shown inFig. 1. The type 12 are arranged in slots 13 of the frame of theprinting device 6 and are provided with grooves 14 to receive the typeguides 10, as.

firm and substantial support for the printing device and the type guideswill sustain the metal type in position with the faces of the type in asingle plane to print a clear, and distinct impression.

It will be understood that this invention may be embodied in machines ofthe class hereinbefore referred to for printing ad.- dresses and thelike but as the other parts of the machine form no part of the presentinvention, it is unnecessary to illustrate or descr'be them herein. Thebed member may return by gravity to lowered position or a. spring1'5'connected to the bed member may be employed for insuring itsdownward movement.

I claim:

In an addressing machine, the combination of a movable bed provided onits upper face with a plurality of parallel supporting ribs projectingupwardly above the face of the bed, a printing device comprising a plateequipped with a plurality of rows of type adapted to be positioned abovesaid bed, a shaft arranged parallel with said ribs and remotely disposedwith respect thereto upon which the bed is pivotally mounted. arotatable shaft disposed beneath said bed. and a cam mounted onsaid'lastmentioned shaft and adapted to intermittently engage and raisethe bed to proiectthe supporting ribs into engagement with the printingdevice between the lines of type thereon and form a rigid support forsaid printing device dur ing the printing operation.

W n. Q. BELT, M. Ronnnrsorr.

ADDRESSOGRAPH COMPANY,

